Why did Barbie bring out the mean-girl energy in me? How a feminist philosopher learned to stop worrying and found her way back to the doll Culture • 18 Jul
Is there a moral justification for the use of cluster bombs? 'This is possibly the first time that cluster bombs will be used by a State inside their own territory, which changes everything' Military • 12 Jul
Why 'whataboutism' is such a popular tactic in arguments Whataboutism is often deployed when an argument is seen as a battle to be won and not a debate Philosophy • 11 Jul
How to avoid heated rows and arguments Conflict is part of life but we don't have to argue so try this technique before having a difficult conversation Psychology • 15 Feb
Here's your no-BS way to navigate the age of disinformation Some simple, practical guidance on working out what is - and what is not - BS when it comes to online information Media • 31 Mar 22
What's it like to be colour blind? Colour clashes in sport highlight the difficulty of accurately describing the experience of how we see colours Health • 13 Oct 21
Is vaccine hoarding a kind of genocide? The preventable death of many people in poorer countries is a foreseeable side-effect of hoarding by the few in rich nations Philosophy • 06 Oct 21
What did we learn about ourselves during the pandemic? 'If there is one lesson I hope we will learn about ourselves during this pandemic, it is what it means to be human again' Philosophy • 02 Jun 21
Wish you were here: 18th century tourism's picturesque views Do the roots of today's Instagram visual cliches lie in the ideal of the picturesque? art • 12 Mar 21
Hugs and kisses: 'when they're gone, you really really miss them' How Covid-19 and 'touch hunger' have demonstrated just how important touch is for all of us Coronoavirus • 23 Feb 21
The struggle between facts and values around Covid-19 People feel differently in their moral response to the same issue regardless of scientific facts Coronavirus • 15 Jan 21
Ireland's complex relationship with shame After the report into the Mother and Baby Homes, we need to rethink shame and especially its relation to violence Society • 14 Jan 21
Ethics and the virus: 'nothing spoils mighty craic like ethics' The pandemic isn't going away and that means we have to reassess the nature of our ethical commitments Ethics • 30 Sep 20
Why we should be sceptical about the generosity of billionaires How healthy can it be that so many people in the world are utterly dependent on the benevolence of billionaires? Coronavirus • 27 Apr 20
A lesson from Albert Camus about plagues and pestilence The plague that Camus wrote about in 1947 is like the coronavirus and our modern political predicament Coronavirus • 06 Mar 20
Just what is genius? From the Enlightenment and Nietzsche to Éamon de Valera and Donald Trump, the evolution of what we mean when we talk about genius Philosophy • 08 Jan 20
The relevance of John Henry Newman's idea of liberal education The kind of liberal education espoused by the man to be canonised this weekend can contribute to upholding democratic citizenship Education • 11 Oct 19
Can climate activism save us from Post-Truth? Climate activism is the last best hope to expose Post-Truth as a calculated strategy to delegitimise science and democracy Climate Change • 16 Sep 19
The moral case against a no-deal Brexit A no-deal Brexit is fundamentally morally wrong since it cannot be justified to everyone on grounds that no one could reasonably reject Brexit • 02 Sep 19
How HBO's Chernobyl addresses 21st century concerns The visual signs and aural symbols of the series make a profound statement about our contemporary cultural moment Philosophy • 06 Aug 19
What Nietzsche can teach us about fake news The philosopher's legacy has been tainted by erroneous readings of his work and misappropriation of his ideas Fake News • 03 May 19
Remain or Leave: is Brexit is a case of emotions over reason? How much rational control does either side have over its decision-making in an emotive and divisive issue like Brexit? Brexit • 27 Feb 19
Here's the moral case for a second Brexit referendum A second Brexit referendum would not mark the end of democracy in the UK as we know it Brexit • 25 Feb 19
The philosophy behind Ireland's housing crisis Our legal, political and moral right to private property is overly simplistic and fails to stand up to scrutiny Housing • 07 Jan 19
Why do we become so entrenched in our political views? We often base our identities on political affiliation or religious beliefs and sometimes don't understand what these actually stand for Politics • 03 Jan 19
